Since the overwhelming majority of scientists accept the modern evolutionary synthesis as the best explanation of current data, the term is seldom used in the scientific community ; to say someone is a scientist implies acceptance of evolutionary views, unless specifically noted otherwise.

Since the overwhelming majority of light rays from a given light source do not make it directly into the viewer's eye, a " forward " simulation could potentially waste a tremendous amount of computation on light paths that are never recorded.

Since then, Pelosi has enjoyed overwhelming support in her political career, collecting 76 and 77 percent of the vote in for the 1988 and 1990 Race for U. S. House of Representatives.

Since the overwhelming majority of Ashkenazi Jews no longer live in Eastern Europe, the isolation that once favored a distinct religious tradition and culture has vanished.

Since the latter part of the nineteenth century, opera houses generally have an orchestra pit, where a large number of orchestra players may be seated at a level below the audience, so that they can play without overwhelming the singing voices.

Since the 1970s, the overwhelming majority of professional salons now implement the use of electric nail files which are faster and yield higher quality results.

Since the end of Reconstruction in the 1870s the overwhelming majority of the state's governors have been Democrats.

Since researchers first began to study acclimation, the overwhelming hypothesis has been that all acclimation serves to enhance the performance of the organism.

Since the Ottoman army possessed overwhelming numerical superiority, Tahmasp avoided pitched battle with them and resorted to alternative tactics.

Since their act is not normally associated with a frequent use of profanity, Jillette explains their choice of using the term bullshit in the opening episode: if they referred to people as frauds or liars, they could be sued for slander, even in the face of overwhelming evidence of chicanery, but as " vulgar abuse " is not considered slanderous, referring to them as assholes or motherfuckers ostensibly expresses an opinion rather than a statement of fact and is legally safer for them.

Since Nawaz ' party had an overwhelming majority in Parliament, the Fourteenth Amendment effectively prevented the Prime Minister from being dismissed by a no confidence vote.

Since the stress is now spread out over some area, the stress at any given point has less of a chance of overwhelming the total adhesive force between the surfaces.

Since the legislative assembly election in 1959, the government of Singapore has always been formed by the People's Action Party with an overwhelming majority, and in several elections the only party elected.

Since the federal court has no power to issue an order to the state, the only way that the plaintiff's ability to vote could be enforced would be for the court to monitor the entire election process, which would be difficult in light of the overwhelming desire of the white population to prevent blacks from voting.

Since the overwhelming majority of Slovak satellite receviers were fixed on the Astra satellite at 19. 2 ° east, VTV failed to get enough viewers and ended with bankruptcy on January 2000.

Since its premiere, Treemonisha has been performed all over the United States, at venues such as the Houston Grand Opera, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D. C., and on Broadway to overwhelming critical and public acclaim.

Since 2005 the roadshow has been to many places and been seen by hundreds .. and an overwhelming response has been had-to show Leather BDSM Fetish history.

Since in a majority of constellations the brightest star is designated Alpha ( α ), many people wrongly assume that Bayer meant to put the stars exclusively in order of their brightness, but in his day there was no way to measure stellar brightness precisely.

Since 1988, Danish defence budgets and security policy have been set by multi-year agreements supported by a wide parliamentary majority including government and opposition parties.

* 1824 – United States presidential election, 1824: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Since the great majority of people who first attempted to transcribe Chinese were not linguists ( and even if they were, the principles of modern phonemics were not discovered for another two centuries ), their endeavour was marred by a lack of systematic approach and many contemporary European misconceptions about language.

Since the Iraq War, evangelicalism has begun to make inroads in Iraq, capitalizing on a new openness to Western missionaries following the US-led invasion of the country, although the vast majority of converts are from other sects of Christianity present in Iraq .< ref >

Since in 2008, the CSU lost its absolute majority in Bavaria and formed a coalition with the FDP, the grand coalition had no majority in the Bundesrat and depended on FDP votes on important issues.

Since the 16th century, the majority of the city's inhabitants were German-speakers.

Since 2008 a take-over is in progress: the Schaeffler Group from Herzogenaurach ( Bavaria ) holds the majority of the stock but were required due to the financial crisis to deposit the options as securities at banks.

Since propellant typically represents the majority of the takeoff weight of a rocket, HOTOL was to be considerably smaller than normal pure-rocket designs, roughly the size of a medium-haul airliner such as the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 / MD-80.

# Large number of similar exposure units: Since insurance operates through pooling resources, the majority of insurance policies are provided for individual members of large classes, allowing insurers to benefit from the law of large numbers in which predicted losses are similar to the actual losses.

Since 1927 South Australia has permitted majority verdicts of 11: 1, and 10: 1 or 9: 1 where the jury has been reduced, in criminal trials if a unanimous verdict cannot be reached in four hours.

Since 1945, Polish Catholics make up the majority of the population.

# The Advertising License to Do Business: Since the majority of the revenue of major media outlets derives from advertising ( not from sales or subscriptions ), advertisers have acquired a " de-facto licensing authority ".

Since then, many millions of cavity magnetrons have been manufactured ; while some have been for radar the vast majority have been for microwave ovens.

Since 2003, the majority of widespread viruses and worms have been designed to take control of users ' computers for black-market exploitation.

" Since over 90 % of the neurons in the brain release either glutamate or GABA, these labels encompass the great majority of neurons.

Since most manuscripts of the New Testament do not derive from the first several centuries, that is, they were copied after the rise of the Byzantine text-type, this form of text is found the majority of extant manuscripts and is therefore often called the " Majority Text.

Since no candidate obtained an absolute majority, a second round is organized with the first two candidates from the first.

Since the Spanish transition to democracy, there have not been coalition governments ; when a party has failed to obtain absolute majority, minority governments have been formed.

Since the constitution of 1978 came into effect, there have not been any coalition governments, even if the party with the largest number of seats has failed to obtained absolute majority, though in such cases the party in government has had to rely on the support of minority parties to gain confidence and to approve the State's budgets.

Since the mid-1970s, women have created the vast majority of shōjo manga ; notable exceptions include Mineo Maya and Shinji Wada ).

Since 1948, Baloch nationalists in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan have been seeking to separate Baloch majority regions of the three countries to form a new state with the help of elements outside the aforementioned countries.

Since Election Day, Vice President Richard Nixon had virtually retired -- by his own wish -- from public view.

( Since its formation, the BN has never lacked the necessary two-thirds until March 8, 2008's General Election ) The second source of law is syariah ( Islamic law ), which applies only to Muslims.

Since the Referendum on the Direct Election of the President of the French Republic, 1962, the President has been directly elected by universal suffrage ; he or she was previously elected by an electoral college.

Since the 2003 Dutch General Election, the PvdA has been the second largest political party in the Netherlands.

Since the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission in 2010, upholding the rights of corporations to make political expenditures under the First Amendment, there have been several calls for a US Constitutional amendment to abolish Corporate Personhood.

Since the second term, the Election Committee was enlarged to its current size.

Since the 2001 General Election, the party's religious point of view has been largely shifted against inclusion of religious minorities, and it went with an alliance with Islamic party Jamaat, although a number of leaders representing the minority communities were nominated for the election.

Since the 2005 General Election, he has remained on the backbenches.

Since returning in 2010 he has only voted against the Labour Whip once against having General Elections and the Welsh Assembly Election on the same date.

Since the 2005 General Election the alliance has contested three local elections and the 2010 general election.

Since the retirement of Ashton's veteran Labour MP Robert Sheldon at the 2001 General Election, he has represented the seat in the House of Commons.

Since the 2010 General Election, the Member of Parliament representing the parliamentary constituency of Castle Point has been Rebecca Harris of the Conservative Party.

Since the General Election in May 2005, the concept of city regions has gained currency in academic, policy and government circles, with several think tanks pushing the idea as a viable alternative to elected regional assemblies.

Since 2004 Barbieri has served as chairman of the Spokane County Democratic Election Committee.

Since its inclusion, the Labour Party have finished first in every General Election, even defying the national trend in 2010, when the party clung on with a majority of 1, 274.

Since losing the 2008 Mayoral Election Livingstone began his own Saturday Morning programme on LBC, on 30 August 2008.

Since the Presidential election he has generally been seen as the spokesman of the formerly powerful Tajik ethnic group, which dominated the Northern Alliance and the Transitional Afghan Administration, but was largely sidelined after the 2004 Presidential Election.

Since that time, and the recent State Election, the Bypass was given approval, and construction has begun.

Since the 37th District was so heavily Democrat, there were no Republican nominees in the General Election.

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Since the boundary changes which took effect at the 2010 General Election, the constituency has been made up of four electoral wards of the City of Leeds: